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29th March 2011, 11:21 AM
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Hi all.
This is the type I'm interested in: 
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29th March 2011, 12:00 PM
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I am sure Chris will be able to chime in and at least offer some direction. Gav |
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29th March 2011, 12:27 PM
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Gav, thanks for coming into this. You have a wealth of experience of more and varied weapons than most of us. Do you see many of these 'giant' knives? Best gene |
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29th March 2011, 12:37 PM
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I have only ever seen two and also a single photo image here on the site, attached to a Navaja thread....from memory, don't quote me on this...I'll have a dig and see what surfaces. Gav |
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29th March 2011, 12:48 PM
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This is the image I remember
This is the image I remember...close but much the same as the larger ones in Lew's first link... there are several other rustic knives of this size under the Gaucho search.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...knife+fighting Gav |
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29th March 2011, 01:48 PM
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I'm after the specific Brazilian (I think) ones. Like this one of mine, just vastly larger!  Unlike this one, I believe they often have bands in the silver hilt (like a giant centipede) |
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29th March 2011, 04:31 PM
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30th March 2011, 12:22 AM
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Sadly no. I do not speak Portuguese and because of thus I know little of their knife lore, save a bit that pertains to the southern parts of that wonderful country, where their blade culture resembles that of Uruguay and Argentina. Gene, The Argentineans also had such very long facons, invariably made from a discarded sword blade and were known as saddle facons as they were carried pinned under the gaucho's saddle. They fell into disuse and in all probability were originally used as slaughtering tools of wild cattle, though no doubt they also did double duty as weapons, when required. They were considered too cumbersome to be carried in the traditional way, though many gauchos tucked 60cm blades into their belts at the small of the back. Cheers Chris |
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30th March 2011, 12:39 AM
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Thanks Chris, As a collector of the gaucho field, do you see many of these giant Brazilian ones? |
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31st March 2011, 12:23 AM
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Cheers Chris |
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3rd April 2011, 07:05 PM
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Seems like this will only be of interest to a few.....
My research continues, so I thought I'd share it with y'all.  And another of the outlaws blades (allegedly of one of the leaders):  If any of the lurkers reading this have any interesting information, I can be emailed at: gimmieitbaby@aol.com Last edited by Atlantia; 3rd April 2011 at 08:35 PM. |
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3rd April 2011, 08:18 PM
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Here's some better pictures of a large one of mine (ooo-err).
I assume from my limited understanding that it was the property of an outlaw? It's future is uncertain, not that I think that'll affect anything as this thread is hardly awash with replies   
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